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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
Scotland · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for South Lanarkshire. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
14,272 approved · 551 refused · 879 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 9 Mar 2015 to 6 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 15 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland. Contains Historic Environment Scotland and Ordnance Survey data © Historic Environment Scotland – Scottish Charity No. SC045925 © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. Data is indicative and may not contain the latest designations.
11 Halfmerk South East Kilbride G74 3EQ
Received 28 Oct 202114A Brownlee Road Law ML8 5JD
Received 28 Oct 2021High Blackwoodyards Farm B7086 From Boghead Kirkmuirhill To Deadwaters Bridge Boghead Lanark ML11 0JH
Received 28 Oct 202111 Welsh Drive Hamilton ML3 7AN
Received 28 Oct 2021East Hookhead Farm Darvel Road Strathaven ML10 6QE
Received 28 Oct 2021Cuningar Woodland Park Downiebrae Road Rutherglen
Received 28 Oct 2021Stroud Road East Kilbride
Received 28 Oct 2021Telecommunications Mast Caledonian Road Larkhall South Lanarkshire
Received 28 Oct 202158 McNeil Street Larkhall ML9 1BN
Received 28 Oct 20219 Priory Drive Uddingston G71 7DR
Received 29 Oct 20215 Burnbrae Drive Rutherglen G73 5DS
Received 29 Oct 202159 Union Street Hamilton ML3 6NF
Received 29 Oct 202180B Hamilton Road Rutherglen G73 3DQ
Received 29 Oct 202126 Station Road Carluke ML8 5AD
Received 1 Nov 2021Land 150M NW Of Junction Of Barbana Road And Grado Avenue Barbana Road East Kilbride Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 1 Nov 2021205 Hamilton Road Cambuslang G72 7PJ
Received 1 Nov 202124 Peebles Drive Rutherglen G73 3JX
Received 1 Nov 2021West High Cross Yieldshields Road Carluke ML8 4QY
Received 1 Nov 20219 Braefoot Lane Uddingston G71 7PP
Received 1 Nov 20212 Loch Loyal East Kilbride G74 2DE
Received 1 Nov 202110 Kilsyth Gardens East Kilbride G75 9GR
Received 1 Nov 20217 Rosemary Crescent East Kilbride G74 4UU
Received 1 Nov 2021Kirkhouse Farm A702 From Melbourne Crossroads A721 To Dolphinton Dolphinton West Linton South Lanarkshire EH46 7AF
Received 2 Nov 2021Tesco Bothwell Road Uddingston Glasgow South Lanarkshire G71 7ET
Received 2 Nov 2021Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
Planning procedures in Scotland differ from those in England. Use the authority’s own guidance for application requirements, comments and decision timescales.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for South Lanarkshire, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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